Lol what. Look at the ravens they weren't a wildcard team they won the division. Not only that they fizzled out at the end of the year and came on in the playoffs.
There is no single formula to become Super Bowl champion. It doesn't work that way. If the broncos don't win the Super Bowl it won't because they started out 3-0 this season. It will be because they lost to a better team or made to many mistakes.

The only exception in recent memory was the Saints. Other than that, most recent SuperBowl winners have been Wild Card teams like the Ravens,Giants,Packers, and Steelers.

Teams that get off to these extremely strong starts and look like sure-fire SuperBowl participants, often fizzle out down the stretch.

Sure recent history suggests that the Broncos will fizzle out. But the one commonality between all of those teams, save the 14-2 Chargers (whose defense wasn't anything to brag about), was that they had defenses that weren't worthy of mention.

This Broncos team has a good defense, that will only get better with Von Miller and Champ Bailey coming back. Furthermore, the Broncos are trying to establish a running game, because they are will aware that the largest mistake they made in the Ravens game was failing to establish the run when it mattered most. You can look for evidence of this by simply looking at the Oakland game last week where they were trying to close out the game with a running attack (which failed because of the fumble, but if there is anytime to get those mistakes out, it's now). I look for the Broncos to continue to focus on the run as well as continue to defend well, and that will be the difference between this Broncos team and those that you've mentioned.

The only exception in recent memory was the Saints. Other than that, most recent SuperBowl winners have been Wild Card teams like the Ravens,Giants,Packers, and Steelers.

Teams that get off to these extremely strong starts and look like sure-fire SuperBowl participants, often fizzle out down the stretch.

Yeah! And just look at those 97 Bronco's. Started out 6-0 just crushing teams and, uh............ oh, they won the SB. Well, how 'bout those 98 Bronco's. Talk about a start. 13-0 before they lost. Boy did they ever fizzle! Uh, oh yeah, they won it also.

This Broncos team reminds me of the 2009 Saints, care to tell us what happened then?

But seriously, Denver really is similar to them if you compare their personnel and when you look at their offensive and defensive talent._________________
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The thing about a lot of those hot starting teams that were mentioned is they were all offensive juggernauts that got figured out or hurt by injuries. This Broncos team is an incredible offensive unit as well, but the defense is better than any of the hot starting teams mentioned over the last few years.

The offense is comparable to the 18-1 Pats. It's probably a little better actually. The Pats ran into an awful matchup. The Giants were the only team that had the right defensive personnel to beat them. They were overwhelming up front. Coincidentally enough, the Seahawks are the Giants of this year. Their defensive front is insane, and good secondary to go with it.

What these Broncos have that the Pats didn't have, is a defense capable of getting stops against solid offenses. This D has been very good so far, and its without its two best players.

This is simply a better built team than the ones listed above. There's depth to withstand injuries at just about every level. We've got an embarrassment of riches right now due to Elway hitting home runs on about 85% of his picks since he's been here. That will even out due to salary cap, but we're in a position where we're insanely talented right now from a depth perspective, due to great drafting.

What will stop us is making poor decisions, or mistakes. This is the type of team that will have to beat themselves - and that's entirely possible._________________

There's no reason for a thread like this. I'm going to lock it before things get ugly.

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